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Unconditional Surrender said:
I don’t know whether he is being fired or not. I’m not sure there are any reports out there that necessitate them coming out and saying he’s staying. Fanbro radio, message boards, and random Twitter accounts. The story about the violation I heard was a minor violation.
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The only reason I'm thinking it is either a coup or a semi serious violation is because we've been hit with minor violations in the past. Sometimes a couple in a year......and everytime we hear about it after it's been completed and self imposed penalties already dished out.......and I've never seen a minor infraction (that I can recall) cause players and coaches get yanked from a game.
 
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#78
#78
I'll volunteer for tribute. Just pay me $1.5m with a one-year non renewable contract and I'll make the next hire look like the Albert Einstein of football. I'll even bring my spare leg to wave threateningly from the sidelines for added entertainment value.
 
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1. Freeze
2. Campbell
3. Malzahn
4. Fickell
5. O'Brien
6. Chadwell/Napier
 
#84
#84
With the high quality leadership found at work in Tennessee right now, your would think that there would be legitimate ability to change the University rules to make it more amenable to bringing in high quality student-entertainers. Remove some of those pesky academic and procedural barriers. Make it easier for coaches to recruit. That should make it more attractive to the coaches people claim to want.
 
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LTVol said:
I would also add Tom Allen. Winning at IU is a considerable achievement, and he has prior SEC experience as asst at Ole Miss
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I like Tom Allen .I thought when we played them they were tough and well coached.He doesn’t have the athletes to match Ohio State but gave them all they wanted
 
#87
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bnhunt said:
It’s time for that annual UT tradition known as a coaching search, so please let me know any REALISTIC candidates and I’ll add them to the list.

Gus Malzahn (former Aub HC)
Hugh Freeze (Liberty HC)
Matt Campbell (Iowa St. HC)
Billy Napier (Louisiana HC)
Bill O’Brien (former Texans and Penn St. HC)
Jamey Chadwell (Coastal Carolina HC)
Bill Clark (UAB HC)
Luke Fickell (Cincy HC)
Bryan Harsin (Boise St. HC)
*James Franklin (Penn St. HC)
*Doug Marrone (Jax HC)
*Lane Kiffin (Ole Miss HC)

*unlikely possibilites
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Glad you put a "mark" on Franklin as he has a serious "mouth" problem and Penn State is ready to fire him as well.
 
#88
#88
Matt Campbell should be everyone's #1 if they follow college football. He's still young, he can coach his ass off, his players play well above their ability, he develops players well, runs a good program, and consistently outperforms all expectations. Those that say he wouldn't come here are incorrect. For the right salary, Campbell would come to the Hill. He was a huge fan of Johnny Majors and has deep respect for him. Campbell isn't as big of a pipe dream as some would think. We just have to PAY for him.

Either you pay on the front end or the back end. How many more times are they going to have to do this coaching search to realize that it's better to pay on the front end so you don't HAVE the back end every few years? Maybe the right one's have finally figured that out. Campbell in Knoxville would make a LOT of other SEC head coaches very uncomfortable.

If you can't get him then you shoot for Luke Fickell. He's similar but I like Campbell just a little more. Solid head coach with a good track record.

Make a call to Tom Allen but I don't see him leaving IU for anywhere other than Michigan or Penn State. But he would be a great hire if he were willing to leave.

Jamey Chadwell hasn't ever been in serious trouble with the NCAA. If you look into the issues it was with the entire athletic department and not just the football program. I think his "issues" are a non-factor. This guy is a great motivator, has a fun team to watch, and if you listen to him talk he is very articulate and you can tell the guy just "gets it." I would be 100% fine with Chadwell because he's at least a HEAD coach at a university and they are playing well over their ski's. I mean that motto, "Anytime, Anywhere" is perfect and the way they took down a very talented BYU team on such short notice was very impressive.

Lane Kiffin would be very interesting. He has expressed regret over leaving the first time but many that can see things for what they are understand that the USC job was his dream and don't blame him for that. His conduct with the co-eds here and some of his off field antics were more worrying to me. But he's older now - and hopefully wiser. I like the cockiness and his attitude and his constant trolling on Twitter. He reminds me of a young Steve Spurrier who didn't have to take everything so friggin seriously. We would at least be very fun to watch with Kiffin at the helm here again. But I know there's probably like a 2% chance of that ever happening.

Joe Brady is the only assistant I would even consider and I think he would have bigger fish to fry than at UT. I think he would prefer to stay in the NFL but his talent is undeniable and he will be highly sought after by many teams in the near future.

Tom Herman may not be that well liked at Texas now - and they would have fired him if they could have got Urban. But, he can coach and would be a solid hire for us right now. I would take him in 2 nanoseconds over what is still there for the moment.

The Right Rev is very polarizing and I'm not 100% sold on him but I don't doubt we'd be in much better shape and way more fun to watch with him at the helm.

Jimmy Lake was promoted from within at Washington after being a spectacular DC for several years. He's not had a lot of HC experience and he's a defensive coach so that's why he would be lower on the list but still definitely worth a call.

Gus Malzhan wouldn't be the most exciting option out there but he would for sure be a solid hire if we miss out on all of those above him on my list which I think is a virtual impossibility. Freeze or Chadwell would take the job.

Billy Napier is a bit of a wildcard and I like Chadwell better but he's done good things at ULL and will get a P5 head coaching gig soon.

Doc Holliday has a great track record and could be got cheap. Plus his name is Doc Holliday and the merchandise would fly off the shelves. Seriously though - good player development, great recruiter, and he could come in here for 5 years before he retires and get things back on track.
 
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#90
MinisterofDef#92 said:
I would take a serious look at Sarkisian given he has already been a coach at 2 Power 5 schools and is one of the best offensive minds in college football which is what you must have to win in at a high level in today's game
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nope nope nope……… compare the O roster of Bama with TN … now do UF and TN……… almost 100% of the Bama offensive roster would start over the TN roster. I can’t find many on UF…… Pitts and Trask…… maybe Tony … who else?

my point…… Sark has failed way more without all that Bama talent. I could coach those guys…… and I would throw up with the constant…… “another former Saban assistant that can’t beat the master” comments……
 
#93
#93
NATHAN05 said:
The only reason I'm thinking it is either a coup or a semi serious violation is because we've been hit with minor violations in the past. Sometimes a couple in a year......and everytime we hear about it after it's been completed and self imposed penalties already dished out.......and I've never seen a minor infraction (that I can recall) cause players and coaches get yanked from a game.
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That’s because Trey Wallace sniffed it out early and timed it to do maximum damage
 
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LTVol said:
I would also add Tom Allen. Winning at IU is a considerable achievement, and he has prior SEC experience as asst at Ole Miss
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$27 million buyout is even more considerable.
 
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